The EssayI Am, Yours Sincerely, C BronteEpisodes Episode guide

Back up to: The Essay

1. Rachel Joyce on Bronte as a Literary Star

   5/5Novelist Rachel Joyce on how Charlotte Bronte reacted to becoming a literary sensation.
2. Jane Shilling on I Shall Soon Be Thirty

   4/5Jane Shilling explores a letter Charlotte Bronte wrote shortly before beginning Jane Eyre.
3. I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte: Lyndall Gordon on Charlotte Bronte and Robert Southey

   3/5Lyndall Gordon examines Charlotte Bronte's response to advice from poet Robert Southey.
4. Claire Harman on Charlotte Bronte in Belgium

   2/5Claire Harman on the two years Charlotte Bronte spent as a mature student in Belgium.
5. Claire Harman on Charlotte Bronte, Governess

   1/5Biographer Claire Harman discusses Charlotte Bronte's experience as a governess.